Phillip Noyce to direct World War II thriller The Devil’s Brigade

Foresight Unlimited has tapped Australian filmmaker Phillip Noyce (Salt, The Bone Collector) to direct the World War II thriller The Devil’s Brigade, which is slated to go into production later this year and is currently in the casting stage.

According to Coming Soon, The Devil’s Brigade “tells the true story of how Davie Berman, the only Jewish member of the Luciano mob, is requested by the U.S. military to help turn the tide of events against the Germans in Italy. In organizing a team of Sicilian Cosa Nostra to work with the Americans, he almost single-handedly drives the Germans out of the southern region of Italy, and returns to America as a decorated hero.”

Noyce recently wrapped production on the crime thriller Above Suspicion starring Emilia Clarke, Thora Birch and Jack Huston, and is currently shooting the TV drama Reside, which features Emily VanCamp and Matt Czurchry.